In the Method, the Distance Between Groups Is Defined as the Distance

question 37

Multiple Choice

In the method, the distance between groups is defined as the distance between the closest pair of objects, where only pairs consisting of one object from each group are considered.

• A) Ward's linkage clustering
• B) single linkage clustering
• C) divisive clustering
• D) average group linkage clustering

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